Répertoire · Studio Type Specimens

Répertoire is a collection of the more handsome, larger reworkings of the compositions made for my Concaténation de caractères typographiques from 2003 (sold out), my type catalogue that was meant to include every last fount held in my Atelier de la Cerisaie in Paris. The aim of Répertoire was to showcase the atelier’s most beautiful metal typefaces, especially the ones I have in sufficient quantities to be able to use for text-heavy bookwork.

The centre-piece of this album is a four-times catalogue size poster-page (imperial in‑plano, 22”x 30”, grand jésus - 56 × 76 cm) sheet designed to fold down into the catalogue. It reproduces (in French) the famous and moving text from Areopagitica by John Milton in defence of the book. Hand-set in exquisite 36‑pt Cochin (a special casting) and printed on sumptuous Amalfi Amatruda Italian handmade paper.